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So I've been lurking here for quite a while. I finally got round to learning a bit of Unity, one thing led to another and I came up with this: I've tried to be as faithful as possible, so even including the errors in the original track. Now I know what I'm doing, it doesn't take quite so long to do more tracks, but it's still very manual, and I've not worked out how to do some things yet. Plus I have no idea what my actual aim is, I just think it's pretty cool! I've attached a screenshot of the next part of the project. These new forums are great, but I could really do with a post preview option...

If you want to have a custom model, lets say a large replica of the Big Blue Brick Book to naturally spawn (as crazy as it sounds), First, we'll take our model (in my case, its the big blue brick book, as seen) Make sure the file name is in ALL CAPS. Put it in STUFF/TERRAFORM/MODELS Then go to STUFF/TERRAFORM/THEMES, and pick which theme you want it to spawn. I picked the CHERRYBLOSSOMTHEME because I find a lot of that biome. Add in the following lines, like so: AddObjectType = #ImportLXFML Weight = 0.04 FileName = "BigBlueBrickBook.lxfml" EndObjectType The file name has to be typed in a manner similar to that. I chose to use the same weight as the cherry trees, as that guarantees a spawn. Start a new world (not sure if the model will spawn in unexplored areas, but I do know it will spawn in a new world) and enjoy finding your model randomly appearing.

@Zeph: I think it's fair to assume that people appreciate the work that went into it, even if it isn't all that much yet. It will make custom tracks and stuff a great deal easier. You may not see the point in transferring Lego Racers to Unity, but I certainly don't see the point of popping in, spouting an expletive, and bringing everyone down when it was not your time or work that was, as you seem to think, wasted.

Wow, thanks for the support! ​I've thought about this, I guess most of what I've done can be done programmatically, but I don't think I'm capable enough. I know Grappigegovert's GDB converter includes the UV texture mapping, but I don't know much about how that works, whether it links to the specific texture files or if it does that anywhere else in the game. ​Let me set this straight. I didn't say I was remaking the game, or porting it. This was literally an exercise, and I thought people here might find it interesting, one because I'm using tools developed by members here who might see this, and two because it might be useful for anyone's own projects. I've not added any gameplay elements, and I hadn't really thought about it. Plus the physics was pretty dodgy in the original. I loved it, but it was definitely dodgy. ​Well, if I understand correctly Unity isn't really for modelling. You could modify the extracted models, but I don't think there's a way to get the models back in (edit: yet). I'm pretty sure there's talk about it in the Modding section of the forums somewhere.

Its the start of a possible remaster or better yet, a sequel. Once this is made, we'll have an LR1 that can easily be modified. The original LR1 is like trying to bend an iron bar while this is like working with playdoh.

Since this topic was pretty much just used for news about the game, can we rename it "Worlds News And Discussion" please? Anyway, onto the main point of this slight bump: Plans for the first major content update announced! Caves and such! Apparently this update will be out by the end of june. Also:

Portal stuff! Also this thing. Hard to tell, but there's some new footage buried in there:

Sort of a double post, so sorry if you already caught this, but realized this was the more appropriate thread for this. As before, put together a little Zotaxian dude, but the face is a little rough.

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/the-original-lego-family-could-have-been-the-villa/1100-6427766/ In case you're wondering what they're talking about, here's a picture of the 1974 lego family: Wow, I actually kinda wish they left that in. Would've been fun for sure.